- ARCHIVE / 2006-04
- Bruce Sterling: Holy Fire
This is a story of a society trying to deal with life extensions: people increasingly are getting older and older by various new medical treatments. This means that the people with power grow older, are not making room for new …
- 5 Plus 5 Plus 5-Solution
Caution – spoiler!
This is the solution for the [intlink id="105" type="post"]5Plus5Plus5[/intlink] puzzle – be careful, this is a spoiler:
Two choices which ‘+’ you change to a 4 with one stroke … - 5 Plus 5 Plus 5
Here a cute little puzzle: look at this equation
and make it correct by only adding one straight stroke (and it must stay an equation
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[If you are really desperate, you find the solution … - Circle With Points & Intersections: Solution
Caution – spoiler!!!
This is the solution to [intlink id="108" type="post"]CircleWithPoints-Intersections[/intlink].There is an elaborate way to calculate the number intersections like:
given n points on a circle, all connected = n/2 (n-1) lines
for every point, we look at each connection … - Circle With Points & Intersections
Have a look at this circle with 6 points:
Here the lines between the 6 points on the circle intersect 15 times.
Given n points on a circle with all connecting …
- Clouds And Elephants
From an article by Scott Granneman in Securityfocus (on Virtualization for Security):
As I watched the storm approach, I thought about one of the most fascinating bits of weather trivia I ever heard: the … - Christopher Paolini: Eragon. Das Vermächtnis der Drachenreiter
Dieses Buch erzählt einmal mehr von einer mythischen Welt, in der Zauberer, Drachen, Elfen, Zwerge und viele andere Gestalten vorkommen. Sehr wichtig ist hier die Bedeutung der Drachen, die die Drachenreiter erst mächtig machen.
Erzählt aus der Sicht des jungen Eragon, … - Web Design F Pattern
Mentioned in an article about a report by Nielsen:
Individuals read Web pages in an “F” pattern. They’re more inclined to read longer sentences at the top of a page and less and …
- Singularity And Religion
From “A Rapture for the Rest of Us” by Glenn Harlan Reynolds:
Jihadists are strapping on suicide bombs today, in the hope of attaining the kind of environment that virtual reality will deliver in …
